Wallis Annenberg

Chairman of the Board, President and CEO

Wallis Annenberg is the Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of the Annenberg Foundation.

A visionary who strives to improve the well-being of people and communities throughout the world, Wallis has spent much of her life focused on philanthropy dedicated to education, communications, arts and culture, medical research, animal welfare, social justice and environmental stewardship.

Her keen vision for philanthropy furthers the core values of the Annenberg Foundation – openness, accessibility, fairness and relationship building.

Since assuming chairmanship of the Foundation in 2009, Wallis has overseen the distribution of more than $237M to over 1,170 organizations. Prior to that, Wallis directed the Los Angeles office of the Foundation in giving nearly half a billion dollars to over 1,000 organizations. Complementing this wide and high impact grantmaking are special projects and initiatives that push the boundaries of traditional philanthropy while serving the Los Angeles community.

Wallis is the longest serving trustee at the University of Southern California and has been honored by numerous organizations such as the Americans for the Arts, the Shoah Foundation, the House Ear Institute and the California African American Museum.

She serves on a number of boards including the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the California Science Center; the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County; the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Based in Los Angeles, Wallis is the proud mother of four children and five grandchildren.